by Suburban Lovechild |
Categories:
drink, eulogy, funny love, how i feel, imagery, tribute,
Most common folk may know of this
To be an act of despicable excess
A wasteful plea of conjured sin
A loathing grouse peppered with joy and the sting of relentless ugly
The dignity of the soul which grants the righteous pour
Signals approval, encouragement and bon voyage to the lucky one
The one which has planned this marriage of vessel and sea
The one rampant with stories to be told
Ever the more likely once the sea begins to flow
This of golden variety
Of shanked sobriety
Of lustful tincture
Where the deep gaze and rousing examination
Lift the spirit of this finite sea
To brinks and cliffs of Dover
As vessel and sea become one
And everyone goes home a winner.
(9/4/12)
by Jan Oskar Hansen |
Categories:
absence, africa, age, america,
Broken dreams
Tonight I`m happy and sad
I refuse to cry over lost friends
I`m drunk too
It feels good to up the anchor of sobriety
Let alcohol give winds to my sails.
I`m a clipper buying tea in China
not useless toys
Sleek the line and the women admired me
let the clipper sail
I don`t care I will stay here and
make love to you.
I`m sorry I left you, my Liverpool girl but
I went to Brazil to harvest coffee beans
Guatemala I got there by chance
the beach in the moonlight
I have not forgotten my promises
one day more, just one day more
but the ship always sails to other shores
and I never got to write
the poem of my life
by Christian Fuller |
Categories:
addiction, america, anxiety, corruption, depression, psychological, society,
People say they're ALONE, a state of living with no home
People say they're AFRAID, fear of living in the shade
People say they're UNWANTED, unchained but not haunted
People say they LOVE, but hide when push comes to shove
People say and do things to be ACCEPTED, and don't think they'll REGRET it
People say they're alright, but BARELY get through each night
They're TANGLED in this mess we call society, full of those who claim their SOBRIETY
Full of do this and not that
What's SKINNY and what's fat
What's cool and what's WACK
People say what they don't mean
People will say things just wait and see
People say things and their just like ME
People say...
by Diana Bosa |
Categories:
dark, destiny, heart, love, star, true love, trust,
I am running
out of daylight and in this
forgotten chasm, soon
I will meet my own
fate to become star-blinded
But I do not mind.
My telluric heart
is going to lose its poor
blindspots of stifling
sobriety by
embracing your ravenskinned,
asterisk lighted nightshade.
by S T |
Categories:
confusion, happiness,
I held your hand, You squeezed tightly
When I embraced further.
I held you closer still, You did not resist
When I rested my head on yours.
I realised then, I realised all at once
How much you meant, how much I wanted.
Never been so scared, The thought that time
Of what could have happened.
Yet all that time, All that time
(The person who cared the most...)
In your mind of minds, They were not there-
The person who cared the most...
The things you said, thought, meaningless
To the one who looked out for you.
In your confusion, You pleaded love
In your sobriety, You demand forget.
by Akin Jegede |
Categories:
crush, cry, cute love,
Addicted,she strove for sobriety.
Afflicted,she cried
Eyes swollen,body itching
For another dose yet.
So I ask,me as a substance
Hey, is it me?
Is it you?
Or is it us?
At me,she looked
Akin, I love you
Leave her,come to me
I have, yet you don't feel like I'm here with you
So,you see, I'm not him you seek
I'm a mirage you're waiting to grab
I will never be real
No matter how fast you drive before I vanish
Your meal, I've garnished
Yet, always will.
But your spoon leads to your heart
Not your mouth
That's why it bleeds
Redirect your thought,love
I'm a friend, I can only be loved
Not coveted
by Charles Melody Lightning Ink |
Categories:
abuse, adventure, allusion, anger, bereavement, blue, break up,
No love song needed,
Take it away,
It's a beautiful nonsense.
Away! far away! !
With the tricks that caress.
Give me loneliness,
I need it now,
Than gold and honey.
Aside i beg thee,
With the tears that promises,
They tell sweet lies.
All i need is piety,
What i invite is sobriety,
Arise oh realistic love!
Me need no idealistic love,
Arise and overthrow the sweet-
Love song of lies and painful tears.
Charles Melody
(lightning Ink)
by Pat Adams |
Categories:
humorous, romance, word play,
For Bobby sobriety just fit the bill
But he longed for a love, his life to fulfill
He found a lady
Who's job was shady
She was a bootlegger, but he loved her still!
by Melanie Tucker |
Categories:
addiction, anniversary, drink, feelings, god, growth, poetry,
365 days of sober you
What a view, It looks like new
You and your view
So beautiful, so true
What I see in you is special
No exaggeration
I refuse to ignore what is God's inspiration
Instead I feel motivation
From God to you
From you to me
Why you, why me, why we?
Why not? That's the key.
The key is our HP
Just follow and believe
You 'Let go and Let God'
It really IS what it is!
And then you know 'This too shall pass'
You see it's real, that slogan biz;)
That's a shift we're blessed to be
In the middle of you see
Blessed with your sobriety
You, unknowingly, have helped someone like me:)
Written with love by ~mdt
by Pipping Stars |
Categories:
art,
eve green
eyes colored
perfection
scenes
never
mind
me
I
am
over
peaked
mountainous shreeks
sobriety clung sheets
love wrinkled complete
starches souls feet
soles worn thin
bark
of
dog
cat skin
tree wept
willows slept
sleep on my mind
dreaming your love
blind
never seen
eve green
?
by Kennedy Muitherero |
Categories:
anxiety, faith, money,
Woe unto the fleshly love
That is wooed by glitter
And the erotic and erratic appetite to have
That leaves the heart bitter
Money and possessions
King Solomon's glory and plunder
Expensive sin and obsessions
The flesh doesn't cease to ponder
But Solomon is famed for wisdom
Even in the light of wealth and notoriety
And a God chosen kingdom
His cause was of divine sobriety
I tell you that the feel of want is Godly
And it's satisfaction ye endeavor to find
That you may revere it fondly
And with your essence it blends and binds
by Night Prophet |
Categories:
how i feel, i love you, relationship, romance, romantic, sad love,
Drowsy days and sparkling nights,
When I get your attention,
I could not ask for more,
The moments when you care,
Make me light up.
Is it still me,
In this constant charade,
Of moral consequences,
Between wanting to leave,
And hoping this would last forever.
The first morning coffee and cigarette,
Hits my mind with sobriety,
As I look at you and know,
That this can never work,
Before I drift off into a dream again.
by David Loewen |
Categories:
drink,
I'm sober today, and that's the way
My life was meant to be.
I gave up the drink, now I can think
And start to work on me.
I live my life with minimum strife;
I live from day to day.
My days shine bright with an inner light
Now that I've found my way.
My Father above fills me with love
For my fellow man.
Living in light, I try not to fight
His intricate plan.
Just for today is the only way
My sobriety can survive
I gave up the drink; now I can think--
That's why I'm still alive.
May 20/17
D H Loewen
by Trish Fernandez |
Categories:
god, drug,
Drugs are not apart of my life
I wish it was the same for you
I always wanted out of the class
Now I can say 'I do'
No struggles, no worries
My children will be safe
The white was magically replaced
God's unconditional love
Told me I'm above this
No matter the hurt I'm going through
I can finally be threw
All I need to do is pray
And God saves the day
He never left my right side
I am so thankful Jesus is alive
In my heart, in my head
He doesn't make my world so red
He polished my eyes
And said "No cries,
You have a job to do"
by Josh Courtnay |
Categories:
depression
Sobriety gives time to think
Thinking only gives hate and produces blood
Whereas the drink gives me hope and some superficial love
All the while they demand of us a purpose in life
They say that we should seize the day while we linger in the night
They're fighting for nothing, fervently, until the death
Ask yourself three letters W-H-Y and what comes next
If nothing, so be it
If something, let's see it
Death is a pussy and I have no urge to cheat it
by Bianca Temple |
Categories:
addiction, drug, recovery from,
Sobriety but with nothing left
Fantasizing about my death
Ask whats inside my mind
I wish to surrender and unwind
Melt some dope on the foil
Watch it roll spin and boil
Take a deep breath of my lost love
Smoke let it out get lost love
Having dreams of ecstacy
Euphoria please come save me
Keeping hanging on but feel the grip
Telling myself it'd just be one slip
Heart beating out of my chest
Just enough for a little rest
Dehydration and arrhythmia
Come on, it's just a pick-me-up
Am I always doomed for agony
Or is this only something temporary?
by Sandra Hoban |
Categories:
recovery from...,
How you acquired your soberness,
is a fantastic thing…
To go without hesitation and guarding
yourself from want, this isn’t as easy
as one might think…
I am sure of this, as I hear this from you,
that you have been sober for a year,
and you will not have any problem,
or regret to continue this great treasure,
for it is a treasure and accomplishment…
If there was a medal of honor to be given,
one should be given to those of sobriety,
for this accomplishment is something,
that is good for you, your body, your soul,
your love ones, family, and friends that care…
Three million cheers for a job well done…
To Sobriety!
By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2008
by Crista Billings |
Categories:
addiction, drink,
Nightmares toss and turn
Screw it I'm awake
Drink breakfast will I never learn
Lashes sobriety smiles, all fake
I hate myself vodka softens the blow
Try to act normal but I know that they know
You want to save me from me
I am a vicious enemy
Standing out on this ledge
Ignoring the love you pledge
Things are looking way too grim
Jump in the deep end
I can't even swim
I don't care if I even survive
I know I can change I lack the drive
Don't ask if I'm okay
I don't feel like lying today
Can't sleep drink some more
It's me against me in my own war
by Jan Hansen |
Categories:
cute, hope,
Broken Dreams
Tonight I´m happy and sorrowful
I refuse to cry over lost friends
I´m drunk as well.
It feels good to up the anchor of sobriety
let alcohol give wind to my sails.
A clipper buying tea in China
not useless plastic toys.
Sleek, the line and the women admired me.
Let the clipper sail.
I don´t care; I shall stay and make love to you.
I´m sorry I left my Liverpool girl
I went to Brazil to harvest coffee beans.
Guatemala, I got there by chance
a beach and moonlight.
I have not forgotten my promises
one day more, just one more day.
The clipper sailed to other shores
I never got to write
The poem of my life
by Pipping Stars |
Categories:
art,
maybe
my purpose
was
to break
necks
twig
me
i
am
was
i
am
is me
sobriety leans
towers to peace
lighthouses tree
bark from me
scrap dogs
crumb me
love me
of me
no
no
no
look up
heart attacks
give to break
breaking breaths
stitches on my me
sewn through sleeves
seamstresses seamstressing
seamstressed
stressed
broke
neck
why
am
i
wonder wonder
wonder duck duck
goose
purposes my maybe
furr purses my baby
tick an a tic tock
?
by Veronica Joseph |
Categories:
recovery from..., sad, i love you,
my heart aches past breaking
I have to hunch to breathe
my ribs are sore from crying
no tears left
more sorrow than can be counted
more fear
that you are at the hands of a monster
who beats you
and disregards your sobriety
and you go back
go back for more
exchanging faces, still the same man
how did you come to have so little
love for yourself
when I love you so?
I always always loved you so.
by Kai Michael Neumann |
Categories:
addiction, love, magic, marriage,
At rehab the angels of sobriety made me write the word Love in the soil with
Jacaranda petals the colour of indigo from a rainbow and crown chakra in waiting
‘There was a beautiful soul here who drew a Heart of same petals on the lawn’
I flew like a bee to sweet honey to a visiting Queen of Fairy Tale Land unaware
That She was the synchronous painter a kind Universe sent as soulmate and wife
21st May 2018
by David Hyatt-Bickle |
Categories:
beautiful, memorial, memory, morning, rainbow, remember, sunshine,
Your bema seat is the sunrise piercing through rain
Your portrait is the morning star breaking through clouds
The lamps lit are the family of stars that reign
Making your art shine like the moon’s face in the crowds
The portrait is like your veil of flesh and darkness
The rainbow colours cannot show your soul we say
Sobriety, kindness, brotherly love and meekness
Are the paints that make this sunny festival day
by Ken Suwan |
Categories:
eulogy, feelings, love, lust, magic, romantic, romantic love,
Not a drop of liquor to interfere,
Drunk on love's celestial bliss,
I've tried to resist
This intoxication too bitter but so sweet,
But no matter I am how drunk
Sobriety come with the first morning light,
Drunk on love,
My heart comes undone every night,
Yet a drop of love that shall I sip,
Love drunk’s the cosmos with my quill,
I've tried to assist
This addiction so nude but too clean
And no matter I bathe in how many drops, sir,
It’s never enough to ache for every bit of it,
Love drunk,
My body runs wet with sweat this amidst.
by Jan Hansen |
Categories:
angel, anti bullying, blessing,
a lost friend
I refuse to cry over lost friends
I`m drunk too
It feels good to up the anchor of sobriety
Let alcohol give winds to my sails.
I`m a clipper buying tea in China
not useless toys
Sleek the line, the women admired me
let the clipper sail
I don`t care
I will stay here and
make love to you.
I`m sorry I left you, my Liverpool girl
I went to Brazil to harvest coffee beans
Guatemala I got there by chance
the beach in the moonlight
I have not forgotten my promises
one day more, just one day more
but the ship always sails to other shores
and I never got to write
the poem of my life